Nietzsche

American  

[nee-chuh, -chee] / ˈni tʃə, -tʃi /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm 1844–1900, German philosopher.

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Nietzsche British  

/ ˈniːtʃə, ˈniːtʃɪən /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1844–1900, German philosopher, poet, and critic, noted esp for his concept of the superman and his rejection of traditional Christian values. His chief works are The Birth of Tragedy (1872), Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–91), and Beyond Good and Evil (1886)

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Other Word Forms

• Nietzschean noun
• Nietzscheism noun

Example Sentences

In 2012 came “The Turin Horse,” in which director and novelist reimagined the story of the whipping of a horse in the Italian city that was said to have triggered philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s mental breakdown.

From Los Angeles Times

Coach Nietzsche couldn’t have said it any better.

From The Wall Street Journal

“One of the first ideas that I had for this film was a sentence from Nietzsche,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t mean that we are trapped in an inflexible pattern of endlessly repeating historical cycles, as in the more esoteric propositions of Vico and Nietzsche.

From Salon

Randall name-checks philosophers — Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Plato, Marcus Aurelius — he misunderstands to his advantage and drops references to the Catiline Conspiracy and the Battle of Actium to make base actions sound important and dignified.

From Los Angeles Times